The article presents a comparison of wheel tracking test results of HMAobtained by using samples of various shapes and sizes: prismatic and cylindrical with diameters of ø200 mm and ø250 mm. The tests were carried out for the two most commonly used types of HMA: asphalt concrete and SMA. The aim of the research was to check how much results of the rutting test conducted using cylindrical samples will differ from the results obtained for a prismatic sample. The obtained test results showed that in the case of the SMA specimens the differences in the determined parameters (WTSAIR and PRDAIR) are not significant regardless of the shape of the tested sample. Much bigger differences between results of the tests performed on prismatic and cylindrical samples were obtained in the case of asphalt concrete. Keywords: resistance to permanent deformation; wheel tracking test; hot mix asphalt.